Lord Mayor welcomes new students of dental medicine

Brandenburg an der Havel, 27 March 2025

It is now one year since the first students of dental medicine joined the Brandenburg Medical School (MHB). That first cohort is getting reinforcement as a further 48 newcomers start out in Brandenburg an der Havel. They come from all parts of
Germany, Nuremberg, the Palatine, Düsseldorf and Lake Constance, but also from the region and the town of Brandenburg an der Havel.

In the first few days on site they get to know each other and the MHB, they discover the town and get a warm welcome from its Lord Mayor. Steffen Scheller paid them a visit at the MHB to point out “a wealth of local culture and history and a lot of things for young people to discover and enjoy, ideally in the company of fellow students.”

He announced expansions of facilities for the training of dental students in line with the growth of the MHB. The former power plant at Bauhofstraße is currently in reconstruction for a new dental clinic as the central location of the MHB department of dental medicine. Scheller expressed his support for the project whose developers he was going to meet in the coming days.

For the time being, instruction will take place in the former premises of the Dekra Academy at Geschwister-Scholl-Straße where the second class of dental students will start out next week. The Lord Mayor promised to attend their matriculation ceremony scheduled for 5 April at the event location Paulikloster. He wished them much success and said he hoped they would stay in town or in the region after graduation and help to ensure the provision of dental care.

The Model curriculum in dental medicine comprises ten semesters and covers the preclinical and the clinical stage of training. The focus during the first stage (semesters 1 to 6) is on basic functions of the human body, systemic and oral diseases and the fundamentals of dental treatment. In addition, students complete four components of practical training.  

The second stage of the curriculum (semesters 7 to 10) combines a consolidation of theoretical instruction with a larger part of practical training. Having successfully passed the state examination in dental medicine, graduates may apply for the license to practice dental medicine. (Source: Stadt Brandenburg an der Havel)